Helping Communities Benefit from California’s Climate Investments
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Senate Bill 1072 and a new round of TCC grants aim to help communities transform themselves
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Strategic Growth Council (SGC)
Fresno, Watts, and Ontario Awarded Grants to Transform Their Communities
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Three cities will receive grants to complete projects developed in collaboration with the local community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while bringing other health and economic benefits.
Strategic Growth Council Narrows List of Potential TCC Grants
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The Transformative Climate Communities grant program aims to encourage neighborhood-level plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing local economic, environmental, and health benefits to disadvantaged communities. The Strategic Growth Council will award approximately $140 million in TCC grants.
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Grant Applications Released
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Another round of funding is available for projects that combine affordable housing and low-carbon transportation. The purpose of the AHSC program is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating projects that support compact infill development.
Draft Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Guidelines Released
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The AHSC connects planning for housing and transportation, and supports building affordable housing that makes it easy for people not to drive. It's a small program with a big mandate, and one of the few sources of state money for affordable housing. Here's a look at new draft guidelines for applicants.
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Workshops: What Needs Fixing? Asks Staff
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The ambitions of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program overwhelm its size. It funds affordable housing and transportation projects using funds from cap-and-trade—which means all its projects, first and foremost, have to reduce greenhouse gases. But that's far from the program's only goal.